This is my personal collection of the best resources on hairstyles, hair straighteners and beauty products.

09/18/2014

Auto shut off might not look like much, but it is one more indicator of more intricate design. More intricate means higher quality. And you will find the option of auto shut off after a certain time more than handy.

Flash quick heating option is another of premium options. It will give you a quick heating boost. Very useful option to have and another indicator of quality.

Few more options that can give you additional insight are the ones like swivel cord, for avoiding that annoying cord tangling and aforementioned travel voltage, so you can use it all around the world. The more options it has, the more expensive and higher quality it is. That’s the general rule of thumb when it comes to hair irons, or any other product for that matter.

There we have it. A complete guide that will stop you from wondering aimlessly around the stores once and for all. You have all the necessary information, and the required steps to take in order to get yourself the best hair straightener your budget allows you to.

I hope I was helpful enough, and that this little encounter will result in you having a nice new hair iron, that will fulfill every dream you’ve ever had about your hair.

09/11/2014

Here we’ll deal in the best brand of hair irons currently in the industry. There is a reason why all of these manufacturers are where they are at the moment, as they have years of experience in producing best hair straighteners the market has to offer, and thousand of satisfied customers, ready to confirm their overall market supremacy.

So, if you want to go about it the right way, you’ll focus your search for that one best hair straightener o these manufacturers. You could always buy a cheap hair iron from the market, and just hold your fingers and hope for the best, as you put your hair into the great unknown of a cheap, probably poorly made and untested product.

I’ve seen it all over the years and some of the sights weren’t pretty at all to behold. I want to prevent something like that from happening to you, so pay close attention, as I show you where to point your research when shopping for hair irons.

First of the names I have intention of putting out there is the manufacturer simply called Chi. They’re a part of a company called Farouk Systems, Inc. that produce spa and professional hair care products of the highest quality. I’ve done a lot of reviews of their products over the years, and I know what I’m talking about, and why I’m suggesting this company to you now.

They really do manufacture some of the best hair straighteners money can buy right now, and you will be well off trying to find the best one for you among their endless assortment of products. I’ll give you the names of their newest products currently, ad you can just visit their website if you’re interested to see more.

Their newest hair straighteners are: Ultra Pink and Tribal Zebra, Nano Digital, Ionic Single Pass, Camo and Earth Collection, Air Expert Classic, Pink Dazzle, Digital and Original Ceramic. As I said, those are just some of the newest products, there are many, many more.

Next in our line of highly trusted manufacturers is Remington. Yeah, I don’t think any particular introduction is required here. Everybody’s heard of Remington, or owned some of their products over the years. Well, among others things, they also make hair irons, and very high quality at that.

Some of their products that might spark your attention are: Silk, Sapphire, Pearl or Mini Straightener, a wide range of different ceramic iterations of these products, Vintage, Shine, Color Protect or Frizz Therapy Straighteners.

These are just some, of course, that came to mind right this instant. There are a lot more, so feel free to give your trust to this manufacturer, as so many happy customers did, before you.

Our next mention will be the company called Iso. They manufacture hair styling products, using latest technology achievements for vibrant and healthy hair. Their products offer versatility, innovation, and overall, style. It might not be a well known brand, such as Remington, but the again, they do only deal in hair styling products. Remington has a much wider array of products to offer, and a much larger audience. Some of their products that deserve our attention are: Spectrum Pro, Super Spectrum Pro, Super Spectrum Pro Diamond and Limited Collection, Gold Collection, Mini Light, Turbo Silk Limited, Limited Mini Silk Flatirons. What I’ve said about the others goes her too. Much more products to browse, many options to explore. And it would again be and endless jungle, if we didn’t learn the way to navigate it in a couple of easy steps.

Unfortunately, I can’t go in depth about the manufacturers here. And there are some pretty interesting things and pointers to be shared, but we’ll have to leave that for some other guides in the future.

Now you have the basic steps to identify the best hair straightener for your needs, and a list of trusted names in the industry, you can start your Search from. Just zone in on the product characteristics that speak to you, and look it up in one of these manufacture’s catalogue.

Now that we’ve done all that, I need to show you how to recognize the true quality product, once you see it. There is just an absurd amount of fake hair irons, wearing the marks of some of the trusted manufacturers, and you want to be able to see it right away for the knock off it is. No two ways around it, you just need to learn how too recognize the real deal, and once you’ve got it, there will be no fooling you.

09/06/2014

First of all, we’ll talk about different materials used in making of hair irons.

I don’t need to tell you at this point that material is everything. Different materials for different hair types, and different results. I know people don’t generally think of it as much of a science, and it’s not. If you want to go about it completely wrong.

If you’re not all that interested about the well being of your hair, you can just go ahead, and buy the first hair iron that you see. If you want to do it right however, use this guide to your advantage.

First, we’ll mention the ceramic coated hair irons. They will heat up very quickly, but will not retain that heat all that well. Solid ceramic is the most popular option when it comes to the plate coating for hair irons. They will retain constant temperature heat, and distribute it evenly all across the plates. Teflon a ceramic coated plates are limited to Remington products, teflon is very easy for cleaning, and it will low friction between your hair and the plates of the hair iron.

It will also prevent any build-up of the hair products on the plates, which is a nice byproduct of this material, and save you a lot of time you would spend cleaning it. Tourmaline, or tourmaline combined with ceramic is another good option for you to consider. Tourmaline is a type of gemstone, and plates that are coated with it will generate negative ions that lock in the moisture, and remove the static responsible for frizzy hair. It also provides the plates with a high shine finish. Titanium plates are just a dream to use. Titanium is very strong and, simultaneously very lightweight. It will heat up very quickly, and ensure even distribution of that heat.

This brings us back to the budget issue. What kind of coating your plates will have largely depends on the money you will be able to spend on the hair iron. The most common type around are the ceramic plates. There are also glass plates, but they are way to fragile, and if you drop your hair iron heaven forbid, you may as well start looking for a new one right away.

Titanium and tourmaline plates are features in the most expensive hair irons, but they will also give you the best results overall.

Heat up time is also one of the factors to bear in mind. The better the hair straightener, the less time it will consume to reach the working temperature. The term refers to the heat up time initially, and while already in use.

Temperature is also a high quality indicator, or low quality. The best results are achieved using the irons that rich higher maximum temperature. It’s worth mentioning that setting your hair iron to highest temperature output might not suit your hair, as all hair types won’t handle it well. That’s why variable settings of the temperature is the option featured in most of the hair irons on the market today.

It will allow you the flexibility of scaling the temperature to fit your hair type. If you can afford it, the models with a digital display will provide you with the highest level of accuracy.

09/04/2014

Curly, frizzy and unruly hair making your life miserable? Then Join me as I make this ultimate guide for best hair straightener you could possibly find, to rid you of that disobeying nightmare once and for all.

There is a lot of information about hair irons out there. And, as it usually happens, it extremely hard to navigate through that dark jungle of information. You can read night and day, trying to connect the dots, and you’ll end up even more confused then you were the day before.

Determining the best hair iron overall might be a little less of a challenge, but identifying the one that it best for you, that’s where the things get exponentially harder. So many options to choose from will guarantee you some sleepless nights if you really put your mind into it.

So, if you recognize yourself in these lines (I was certainly there before), welcome to my guide for best hair straightener. Feel free to continue reading.

Deciding what hair straightener is right for you

As I’ve just said, picking just one best hair straightener for you out of the thousands of different ones out there on the market can be extremely difficult job to do. But I’m here to help relieve that pressure.

I’ll give you a set of questions and options, and all you have to do is simply identify what suits you best. It might sound complicated, but it’s actually really easy. Just let me walk you through it, ad you’ll see, we’ll be ready for a second step in no time.

First thing we need to address is, you’ve guessed it, the budget. As you already know, this factor will greatly affect the product you will be able to buy. But it’s not the end of the world if you’re a bit tight with the money, we can still make it work.

Counseling people with unlimited amount of cash is easy; finding the best hair straightener when the budget is limited is where the true art of this business really lies. If you’re somewhat constrained with the money, you’ll want to give a try to the ceramic plates model, with temperature settings that are variable. That would be your basic and very affordable option, but without holding the quality of performance. Ceramic plates are known for their speedy heating up.

They will reach the desired temperature in a very short amount of time, and be ready for business. Downside of the ceramic plates is the fact that they’re not very good at retaining that heat, once they build it up, so you might need to reheat them after a while. But I don’t think that’s too big of a deal, they heat up pretty fast as it is, so it doesn’t take up too much of your time anyway.

Now we get to yet another crossroad, eliminating a bunch of possibilities as we go along. The next question is, whether your best hair straightener will be specifically made to be kind to your hair, if it’s somewhat weak and sensitive, or you can take the full power of anything these products have got in store for your hair.

If you found yourself in the first category, with a delicate hair that won’t respond all too well to being heated, no worries, I have a solution for you. What kind of a guide writer would I be if I didn’t, right? You’ll want to use some of the models that feature far infrared heating or ionic straightening. Far infrared heating is the process where your hair gets heated from the inside.

This procedure is less likely to cause any damage of your hair, and has the advantage of distributing the heat more evenly. It will also yield faster results, as you will be able to see for yourself.

When it comes to ionic straightening, it’s a term used for procedure where the plate of the hair iron start creating negative ions, which in turn have the ability to lock in the moisture from your hair, and remove static, that’s responsible for your frizzy hair. So if you’re one of the people with frizzy hair, this will be your golden ticket to a straight one, ad the best hair straightener you could possibly buy.

If you tend to travel a lot, you might consider the advantages of the hair iron with world wide voltage. You will be able to use it effectively anywhere you go in the world, and it will not lose anything from its performance while doing so.

Depending on the layout of you bathroom or apartment at that, you might want the hair iron with swivel cord. With this feature you will be able to reach most of your apartment’s power points, and still sit comfortably in front of your mirror, no matter how far it’s located. You’ll come to like the added length of the cable, and not being tangled in one while using your hair straightener.

Now that we’ve gone over some of the key point, to help you make out the possible features your best hair iron should have, and eliminate the ones you’re not interested in, we can start naming some of the well known manufacturers, to point you in the right direction where to start your search.

05/19/2010

I was able to overcome my usual online-fabric-purchasing-paralysis last week and place an order on superbuzzy's super update (although Mariko is right in my neighborhood, so it hardly felt like an online purchase). Had to have the matroyshka fabric which went right into some patchwork coasters. I also brought home the Shinzi Katoh place mats in a couple styles. My kids are really thrilled with them and are learning to whine in French to boot!

I picked a busy week to return to blogging, but I'll be back with more soon...